Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-10-13
THE AWFUL JAM

Ii was - OtllGh NlEu Tie AIHa OF
the long procession passed the president
and the crowd began To dispense. There
was sucn a Jam that the president
eould not leave the platform far
some time. Finally, however, he got away,
almost lain with the hunger and xsrri0n,
and was driven TO the Palmer aouse
crashing through the greaE rotunda a moo
OF sEe hundred Thousand people rushed Ike
Wild BEASTS ab PresidsnS Cleveland and bis
wife this afternoon IN toe Palmer house. Il
was the reception 70 the general public The
chief magistrate with Ina radiann companion
had Just Descended the main staircase. So
thunder0us was the dfn that the score OF
perspiring t~rumpegsrs seemed making a
DUMB show In vain aid police, clubs in
hand, arEamp5 20 stem the rush The rope
barriers had been swept away at tine drss
opseh Il was well tnas a nook OF safety had
been provided for Mrs. Cleveland. Immedi-
anely TO tina rign5 OF the stair
case was an aicoye almost hidden in
siIksn bunting and waving green plants Into
this she was hastily thrust, while the prssi-
dsnt, giving a single sweeping slanee a1 the
SURFING crowd, ulung.d S1to It's midst and
suuadly saouldered aimHsIf by sheer
Strength into the pIace IL bad been decided
he shouId stand. Three times did files OF
brawny dismounted cavsirymen seize the
end OF one OF the Rupees that had been dashed
u the floor and strive to drag back the eager
mnl1itude. Only with the ald OF a dounie
corcon or p0nce-tne 'front.' line backing
against the crowd and the second rank push
tngt their bius-c0a1st comrades forward-iiu
tho lasso maneaIyers OF the soldiers Brinw 2
fzins semhiance OF order Tina president
meanwhile was shaking hands rigns and
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linen collar law limp ABOVE his black
Prince Albert coaE. Behind him ami slighrly
60 ks right standing ag the en-
trance To the aic1ve a couple OF steps
ABOVE the crowd. WIS Mrs Cleveland, iaugh-
ing nerrlY az tine presidents plignn and,
how1ng and smiling soad na5Iredly az tine
crowd She WIS s-srrlunded by abevy OF
stzid marrons. richly dressed hut ali IN dark
coiorx In striking contrast was her hight sky-
blue silk bodice and dress tcimmed with
ifercy Lace. a niger wids, Co match. Her
glossy pnmpaaoar coIied hair and fluffy
hangs we're without an ornament. bur below
gtituersd a deiicat. gold neck chain. and the
lace that hung rram her sanuldscs was
caugaB together as tina line OF the cursage
with a magnificent ruserfe at dianoudA
Long mousqgeflire gloves Of tan and slsn-
der serpen5Ine bracelets completed the cos
tune Arz Cleveland looked The persontd-
carl0n ct
YOUTHFUL HzA1rH AID BEAUTY
Simplicity ald lack or 0stsnration were
tue distinguishing cnaractar1st3cz of tine re-
espnon uF the PRESIDENT and MRS Cleveland
sh1s evening at THE C1iumbia theater. where
only those were admitted wh0 had been
formally invi1ed beforehand BY TIE cnfn-
mi1fes Of citizens charged with that duty
On Tuesday the Attn INST the President
reeeiyed some 500 travelling men at ST
IonIs, and a number OF others. one
old lady Became ga eHfhnseti that she at
esmptea to Kiss the presidant, but he de-
tiinesh. and sae moved down the Iina be-
wildered. In the afternoon a sssambaaf
rrip was made doxn tho river.
The "trip was znttsK up as a relief for the
president and Mrs. Cleveland rom the al
NEST constant round OF tereptions and
ether more or less sxEiting fes1Iyities on
shsra. and in this rsyarsf was a deridsd
suecsss- In this evening the president
and Mrs. Cleyeland Witnessed tine
grand street pageant 81 ths Vsiled Pruph.
cts illustrating By twenty-five aoats snms
OF the svssts Of Biblical history The pr,ss
esssiuu moved withaus interrupticn and
was about an hoar IN passing. At IL
acieck the presidential party Withdrew.
and were escsrtad Immediately TO the de-
pot and wsra SOON an tlsirway To- Chicago.